Upcoming Regional Meetings for 2011
Vermont Beekeepers Association - http://vermontbeekeepers.org/ American Beekeeping Federation Conference Theme: Together for a Sweet Future The joint effort of the American Beekeeping Federation, the...
View ArticleThe Serious Beekeeper: Time to Begin Master Beekeeper Preparations
Master Beekeeper Erin MacGregor-Forbes at the 2010 Eastern Apicultural Society Annual Meeting The Eastern Apicultural Society annual meetings will be held in New England in both 2011 and 2012. Any...
View ArticleApril 2011 – The Beekeepers Calendar
Installing a package of bees Monitor food reserves. Feed medicated (Fumagilin-B) light syrup (1:1) to hives low on stores. Scrape bottom boards and check the brood pattern on a mild day. Install...
View ArticleJuly 2011 – The Beekeepers Calendar
Harvest honey at the end of July or when the honey flow slows. Add supers as needed. Remove entrance reducers. Harvest honey at the end of July or when the honey flow slows. Place an empty super on...
View ArticleMaine Goes to EAS 2011 in Rhode Island
About 20 Mainers attended the annual Eastern Apiculture Society (EAS) meeting in Warwick Rhode Island – July 25-29, 2011. Look for more in the upcoming Bee Line in your snail-mailbox. Just a few of the...
View ArticleMy Ticket to EAS and the Master Beekeeper’s Certification Test
by Jacky Hildreth, President Cumberland County Beekeepers Association, (and 3/4 Jedi Master!) Support up until the end from my mentor, Erin. Thank you! (Erin, left; Jackie, right)WOWZA!!! Is my head...
View ArticleMy First EAS
by Ian Munger About 20 Mainers attended the annual Eastern Apiculture Society meeting in Warwick Rhode Island - July 25-29. (Ian Munger on the left) Have you ever read a bee article and wished you...
View ArticleTime to Consider the Big Honey Show at EAS 2012 in Vermont
How do your honey, candles, mead, photos and baked goodies stack up? Bring your entries with you to EAS in Burlington and show them off! In past EAS conferences, sometimes the Honey Show has been...
View ArticleJuly 2012 – The Beekeepers Calendar
Booming Hives in Southern Maine – June 2012 → Add supers as needed. → Remove entrance reducers. → Harvest honey at the end of July or when the honey flow slows. → Place an empty super on hives that...
View ArticleEAS 2013 to be held in West Chester, Pennsylvania August 5-9
EAS 2013 West Chester, Pennsylvania August 5-9 Easter Apiculture Society presents the 2013 EAS Conference and Short Course, hosted by Pennsylvania State Beekeepers Association, at West Chester...
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